The Outside

Taking the case out of the box, we can see that Thermaltake has placed a cover over the top so it's protected and doesn't get scratched during transportation or removal of the unit. Not only does it protect the case, but it also stores up a heap of static electricity thanks to the material, so when you finally grab the case for the first time you literally get quite the shock.

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Pulling the cover off the case and looking at it for the first time, it really is quite a simple looking case; black as expected with a subtle bit of red down the front. The overall lines on the case aren't aggressive and there isn't anything really all that loud about the case; but if that's what you want in a case it's perfect.

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As for the front there isn't a heap going on; we have the Thermaltake logo printed quite small on the front of the case. The front is of course a door which when opened shows us a massive nine 5.25" bays that stretch from the top to the bottom of the case.

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Looking at the top, we've got our power button smack back in the middle along with an e-SATA port sitting above it. To the right we have the reset button and the power LED. To the left there are microphone and headphone in and outputs along with a HDD activity LED. We also have a single USB 2.0 on each side of the whole setup.

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Continuing across the top of the case, we move to the back where we can see a large fan that helps push the hot air that rises inside straight out the top. The fan comes in at a large 23cm and spins at a pretty tame 600RPM which outputs an even tamer 15dBA. Thanks to the size, it doesn't need to spin fast to push serious air out the top of the case.

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On the side of the case we see the same fan again, though this one spins at a slightly faster 800RPM while still out putting the same dBA. This fan blows directly over the core components of your system which include the graphics card(s), CPU and motherboard.

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Finally we leave the outside of the case by checking out the back. We can see that like a lot of other companies Thermaltake has opted to have the PSU sit at the bottom of the case here. Moving up, we have a spot for two small 60mm fans; these aren't included in the package, though. Above that we have a 120mm fan that helps push the hot air out.